Garment-pressing machine.



T. D. PALMER.

GARMENT PRBSSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAILSO, 1911.

Patented July 28, 1914.

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T. D. PALMER.

GARMENT PRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION MLPD JAN.30. 1911.

1,1%, 530. Patented July 2s, 1914.

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Azorwu TNTTEU STATES PATENT OFTPTCE.,

THEODORE D. PALMER, OF SYRACUSE, NEVI YORK, ASSIGNOB TO' T. D. PALMER COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION.

GARMENT-.PRESSING MACHINE.

T0 all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, Tnaooonu D. Pamrnn, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, m the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in (m11x1er1t-P1ess ing Machines, of which the following, taken in'eonnectio-n with the accompanying d a.wings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in garment pressing machinesbf the class set forth in my pending application #447,776 filed August l0, 1908 in so far as it makes use of two enacting pressing elements, commonly termed a buck and press head, one of which, in this instance the press head, is hinged to a suitable frame and adapted to be moved toward and from the buck to subject the garment to direct mechanical pressure as distinguished from sad irons and similar apparatus in which the garment is snbj ected to rubbing pressure. The pressing elements are preferably of suf- Iicient size or area to press trousers, skirts, coats and similar garments throughout their entire lengths in a single operation and are therefore elongated in one direction and usually tapered toward one end.

One object is to supply steam more or less rareied to one or both surfaces of the gan ment or of an iixtervening fabric just before 'the application of pressure.

In apparatus of this character, as in my endino' a iilication referred to, lit has been. P e l customary to make either or both of the pressing elements in thc form of hollow east metal plates for forming internal steam chambers, the upper pressing element or head beingusually provided with a Aforuminous bottom for distributing the steam evenly over the surface of the garment while under pressure.

The main object, therefore, ol my pi'fe'sent invention is to do away with the foraminous presser face for the passage of steam onto the garment while under iressure and substituting therefor comparativcly small steam conduits running around the marginal edge, or edges of one or both of the pressing elements and providing such conduits with branch passages arranged so as to direct the steam imv/ardly across the contiguous faces of said elements or between the pressing faces and surface of the garment, conditioning the garment thereby for the action of the pressing element which may be `either of Spcification. of Letters Patent, Application led January 30, 1911. Serial No. 605,575.

Patented July 28, 1914.

smooth metal or covered by screening fabric as desired to give character to the work, steam being directed either to meisten the garment or to meisten the fabric as desired.

Other objects and uses will be brought out in the following description.

-In the drawiugs-Figure ll is a perspective View, partly in section, of a portion of a garment pressing machine embodying the featuresI of my invention. Fig. 9. is an enlarged front elevation, partly in section, of the buck and press head showing portions of their supports. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of a buck and press head similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 except that the st am conduits are made separately from and seated upon or against the nuirginal edges of the ressing elements and connected with inwarly extending branch passages. Figs. et and 5 are respectively a top plan of a slightly modiied buck and an inverted plan of a similarly modified press-head, the metal screen being removed. Fig. 6 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the head shown in Fig. 5.

This machine comprises a buck -l and a press head --2, the buck being mounted upon a suitable supporting bracket trlwhile the press head is mounted upon a rocking frame 4W which is hinged upon a suitable supporting rod om at the rear of the pressing elements in the manner shown in ll. H. patent to A. J'. l'loill'man, No. fl2S,l.la, ,luly l5, 1905), so as to enable the press head lo be moved vertically to and 'from the buck somewhat in the manner forth in mypending application referred to. These pressing elementsI prelrably consist of east metal plates of substantially the same form and area and are preferably elongated in one direction and tapered toward one end and provided with rounding ends, the area of the meeting "faces beingr sullicient to press trousers, skirts,

coats and similar garments throughout their entire lengths in a single operation.

One or both, in this instance both, of the pressing elements are provided with .steam conduits -G- running entirely around their marginal edges and are also provided with branch ducts --7-* leading inwardly from the ducts -A-(Sw between the adjacent snrfaces of the press-plates and arranged at short intervals throughout the, lengths of the main conduits --J- in the manner ll td Yii sa shown in Figs. Li and 5 so as todiiliuse the steam as evenly as possible across the entire surface of said plates. As a further means for distributing or didusing the steam over the. surface or surfaces of a garment While under mechanical pressure the meeting faces of the pressfplates may be provided with a series of transverse grooves 1Q/ and lengthwise grooves 13 intersecting each other so that the steam entering one set of grooves may readily pass into those of the other set and thereby spread over practically the entire surfaces of the buck and press head. The branch ducts ofthe main steam conduits are registered as nearly as possible with the adjacent ends of the distributing grooves to permit free passage of the steam inte such grooves.

lhe presser faces and inner ends of the ducts 7 may be covered by a fine Wire screen 8 of copper, brass or similar tenacious or flexible metal which serves to 2rive a dull finish to the surface of the garment under pressure and at the same time aids in distributing` the steam evenly over the surface of such garment, thereby imparting a slight amount of moisture to the contiguous surface of the garment. As previously intimated, steam is usually intro- 'duced under high pressure and it is therefore more or less rareedl so as to reduce the amount of moisture content, thereby avoiding as rar as practicable excessive accumulations nii moisture and owing to the heated condition o-the pressing elementsexpedites the drying1 of the garment while under pressure. he Vmarginal edges of the Wire screens are drawn tightly around the mar- "ginal ec ges of the pressing elements and engaged with suitable pins or studs Q t0 hold them in operative position.

Steanimay be supplied to the conduit 6 froml any available source through suitable'pipes l0 which are connected to said conduits wherever desired to produce the desired distribution oisteam throughout the entire lengths of the conduits. These supply pipes are provided with normally closed valves M adapted to he opened by hand when necessary to tiro aseo admit steam to the garment, usually .just before the pressing elements are in their pressing position.

In Figs. t and 5 l have shown a buck M vand press head 15 as having their meeting faces provided with vtransverse grooves v 1Q, and lengthwise grooves 13- intersecting each other, the transp Y verse grooves 12 extending to the outer yedges of the pressing elements where they communicate with steam supply conduits l6 and l7 These conduits are preferably secured to the opposite lengthwise edges of `both pressing elements by suitable fastening means as bolts l.8 and are pro- -v'ided with branch passages 19 which register with the adjacent ends of the transverse grooves to distribute the steam over as large an area as possible.

What ll claim is: i

l. linv a garment pressing machine, two coacting pressing elements provided with impervious presser faces, one of which elements is movable toward and from the other; a conduit running` along the marginal edge of one of said elements and provided with lateral branch passages directing steam across the presser face of such element.

2. lin a Pgarment pressing machine a buck; animpervious press plate movable toward and from the buck; a conduit running entirely around the press plate and provided with branch passages extending inwardly across the lower surface of the press plate;

and a screen covering the inner face of said press plate.

3. ln a garment pressingmachine, two

pressing elements, consisting oi metal plates having their marginal edges provided With steam conduits having` branch passages extending` laterally across the pressing Jtaces of said plates, and a metal screen covering the meeting faces of said plates.

ln Witness whereof ll-have hereunto set my hand on this 19th day of January 191i.

Tl- TLEDURE D. PALlWR.

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